Women participate in an event to support the 'One Billion Rising' global campaign in Hyderabad. Thousands of women and children in various cities in the country danced in the streets, in malls and other places to express support for the One Billion Rising movement, a worldwide call to end violence against women and girls. (Mahesh Kumar A/AP)

People dance at Carter Road Bandra in Mumbai on Thursday as part of 'One Billion Rising' Movement dedicated to the cause of violence against women to raise awareness for the cause. (PTI)

'One Billion Rising' campaign held at Marina Beach in Chennai. (EPS)

People participating in the 'One Billion Rising' campaign on violence against women at People's Plaza in Hyderabad. (EPS)

Participants gather in front of the Brandenburg Gate and dance, joining the 'One Billion Rising' movement, a worldwide rally to call for the end to violence against women and girls, in Berlin. (AP)

Girls take part in a global protests 'One Billion Rising' campaign to end violence against women in Kolkata. (PTI)

Activists perform a dance in an event to support 'One Billion Rising' global campaign in New Delhi. Flashmobs, rallies with singing and dancing were organized across the country as part of the campaign, timed to coincide with Valentine's Day, to bring an end to violence against women. (Altaf Qadri/AP)

People taking out a rally of 'One Billion Rising' campaign on violence against women at Jalvihar to People's Plaza in Hyderabad. (EPS)

People shout slogans at Carter Road Bandra in Mumbai on Thursday as part of 'One Billion Rising' Movement dedicated to the cause of violence against women to raise awareness for the cause. (PTI)

Nigeria women dances on a street to support the 'One Billion Rising' global campaign in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP)

Students and Roman Catholic nuns of St. Scholastica's College, an all-girls' school, dance to kickoff a global campaign dubbed One Billion Rising on Valentine's Day in Manila, Philippines. (AP)

Couples stand as Monica Petrica, the prima ballerina of the Romanian opera, dances tango at the National Library in Bucharest, Romania, during an event part of the "One Billion Rising" international campaign to combat violence against women. Romania, an European Union member state, still has no proper legal framework to combat domestic violence against women, with police unable to intervene if acts of violence take place inside the couple's home.(Vadim Ghirda/AP)